Friday, April 27, 2018

Looking for something to do with the entire family next month? Cartoon Network invites you to enter a world of animation at the Animate Your Life festival in Singapore – a 16-day celebration of fans, fun and fans of fun!

From Saturday 26May to Sunday 10June, Cartoon Network Animate Your Life will transform Gardens by the Bay’s Bayfront Plaza into a thriving world of cartoons. Bringing characters from hit shows – The Powerpuff Girls, We Bare Bears, Adventure Time and Ben 10 to life – the festival will offer a fairground of fun inflatable obstacle courses, carnival games and creative workshops.

Fans in Malaysia will have a chance to win an all-expenses* paid trip with their family to attend Cartoon NetworkAnimate Your Life. All you have to do is snap a picture of your favourite Cartoon Network character and share it on the Astro Circle contest page, along with an explanation of why this character is your favourite – creativity is key! The contest will run from 1-15 May and is only open to Astro Kids Pack subscribers.

Guests can look forward to the following activities:

Enter the famous city of Townsville and soar with Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup on a giant trampoline ride! Also make sure to check out the Cartoon Network art gallery, where a series of international artworks will bedisplayed in celebration of The Powerpuff Girls’ 20th anniversary.

Looking to get creative? Cartoon Network has also partnered with local artist group, Band of Doodlers to create a special Powerpuff Girls tribute. The live installation will be unveiled on Sunday, 27 Mayfrom 4pm;

and everyone is invited to leave their mark!

Take a trip to the Land of Ooo and get lost in a maze with best buds Finn and Jake! Then, step into a magical Candy Kingdom with your favourite Adventure Time characters; Marceline, Princess Bubblegum and Lumpy Space Princess!

The bear bros are in the house and ready for fun! Splash-down the log-ride inflatable slide into a colourful ball-pit. Match-up and stack-up with a giant Bear Stack, or just snap a selfie in the cave that Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear call home.

It’s Hero Time! Ben Tennyson has harnessed the power of the Omnitrix and wants to put it in your hands! Join the Ben 10 Boot Camp and navigate through a series of exciting obstacles courses. Then, get a group photowith Ben and his aliens in front of a cool trick-mirror.

If that isn’t enough to get you to make your way down to Singapore, Cartoon NetworkAnimate Your Life will also offer a mix of fun activities including:

An interactive Animate Yourself booth where you can create your own likeness as your favourite character and print it on a t-shirt.

A mix of exciting carnival games testing your agility, accuracy and skill.

A chance to learn more about Cartoon Network’s first branded cruise liner – Cartoon Network Wave. Designed for everyone who's young at heart, Cartoon Network Wave presents an immersive fun zone, giving you a glimpse of adventures on-board the world's first toon vacation at sea.

A line-up of weekend workshops hosted by leading figures from the animation world primed to spark your creativity. Conducted every Saturday and Sunday at 4.30pm, 5.30pm and 6.30pm; the workshops will teach you how to draw some of Cartoon Network’s most loved characters, offer voice-over challenges and give you a chance to participate in making a stop-animation video. [For more information about each workshop session, refer to Annex A below]

Cartoon Network Animate Your Life will open from Monday to Thursday 3-9pm and from Friday to Sunday from 3-11pm. Games, mascot appearances and show screenings are also scheduled throughout the day.

Cartoon Network Animate Your Life is co-presented by Prudential Singapore and Cartoon Network Wave, the soon-to-launch, fully-branded cruise liner. The event is also supported by Singapore Tourism Board’s Leisure Events Fund, Official Radio Partner CLASS 95 and Supporting Radio Partner 987, and Official Multimedia Partner Singtel.

Biography: Raised on a healthy diet of action figures, comics, and “classic” gaming systems leading him to follow his passion for art to the field of animation. Working in the industry since 1996, he has story boarded and directed on iconic action properties such as the Avengers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Batman and now Ben 10.

Session to include: A chance to learn and try out some of the most important elements involved in creating your own cartoon series!

WEEK 3: Saturday 9 June - Sunday 10 June

Hosted By: Vaibhav Kumaresh, Founder of Vaibhav Studios

Biography: Vaibhav Kumaresh is an animation filmmaker and Founder of Vaibhav Studios in Mumbai. Since 2003, the studio has created some of India’s favourite animated content including Cartoon Network’s Lamput!

Session to Include:

Kids will learn how to animate people and objects in the surrounding spaces. They will also learn the basic dos and don’ts of stop-motion animation.

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

21st April 2018 was the official opening of the first 20th Century Fox World Studio Store in the world. My children and I were happy and excited to be invited to attend this grand opening launch at level 2, Sky Avenue, Resorts World Genting. There was a huge crowd even the night before it opened. Can you believe that some people camped outside the store?

Photo credit to www.emily2u.com. There were many people who camped outside the store in their sleeping bags. Everyone was so excited!

There was mascots appearance from the characters of Rio and Ice Age and also a beautiful dance performance before the ribbon cutting ceremony. Children and adults were all so excited to take photos for remembrance.

Come here if you love to experience a whole new world of apparels, home decoration and souvenirs of favorite characters from blockbuster movies such as Ice Age, Planet of the Apes, Aliens vs. Predators, Robots, Rio, Epic, Night at the Museum and many more.

Monday, April 23, 2018

This is a continuation of my 24-hours Food Trail at Sky Avenue. To read my earlier (part 1) blog post, click HERE.We visited Madame Waffle and was given their new Musang King Durian Gelato Creme Brulee Crepe. This is priced at RM 25.80. Since I don't eat durian, I gave it to my daughter to eat. She said it tasted very delicious.

Since Dream Color was nearby, we went there next. We were given very colorful drinks in bottles which really looked attractive. Some of these drinks tasted sour and some sweet. These drinks can really quench my thirst. I want to try more flavors the next time I visit Dream Color.

(From L-R) Dreamy Dragon, Mystery and Twilight

Gindaco sells very tasty and delicious Takoyaki which I think is the best. I tried the Ebimayo with their new prawn toppings. My daughter and I love to eat their Takoyaki because there is a big piece of octopus meat inside the cripsy ball.

If you love to drink healthy soup, you have got to try Ah Yip Herbal Soup. Over here, you can find many different types of healthy, nutritious and tasty soup. Soup nutrients can be easily absorbed by our body and can protect us against diseases.

(From L-R) Coconut Chicken Soup, Mushroom Fish Bladder Soup

NeNe means Yes Yes in Korean and NeNe Chicken offers crispy chicken coated with Bulgogi, Swicy and Freaking Hot. I think we were given the black sesame ice cream to cool our tongue after eating the Freaking Hot chicken because it was very spicy!

I Love Yoo! is located on 4th floor of Sky Avenue. We were served very delicious porridge, smooth Tao Foo Fa, soya bean drink and steam chicken. My children loved to eat their porridge. I liked the Tao Foo Fa because it was very smooth. However, the chicken was a little too salty for me.

Boat Noodle is Thai Street food known to serve its noodles in mini portions. These noodles can be ordered with fried chicken skin and fried wanton skin. Most people need to eat a few bowls before they can be full and after eating, they stack up the bowls.

Only Mee serves all types of noodles including Asam Laksa Penang, Curry Laksa Ipoh, Prawn Mee Penang, Tomyam mee and others. They have a choice for you to order mini portions of 4 different types of noodles you can choose if you like to try out more choices of noodles.

Babajia is located on 1st floor of Sky Avenue and serves Baba Nyonya food. We ordered the Hokkien Mee and Ribena Lychee drink here. I have tried their Char Kway Teow, Bubur Cacar, Nyonya Laksa before during my first food trail last year. Those were very delicious. However, the Hokkien Mee was too salty for me and not that delicious.

Hokkien Mee and Ribena Lychee drink.

Dome was one of my favorite restaurants this time. We ordered the Tuscan pizza, Roasted Chicken in Mushroom Sauce and Salmon Steak

(From L-R) Roasted Chicken in Mushroom Sauce and Salmon Steak. Top left drink was Fluffy Koala diary milk filled with caramel and chocolate. Top right drink was mango fruit puree with yogurt blended until smoothies.

Both the Roasted Chicken in Mushroom Sauce and Salmon Steak were so delicious we finished all of it. The chicken meat was tender, fries were very crispy and the salmon was fresh and cooked to perfection.

The Tuscan pizza has mozzarella cheese topped with sliced pepperoni, red capsicum and black olives. This was my son's favorite because he loves to eat pepperoni pizzas and this was very delicious.

After our delicious meal at Dome, we went to Starbucks Reserve for some coffee tasting. We saw how coffee was brewed and tasted 2 types of coffee : Kenya Kamwangi and Guatemala Flor Del Rosario.

Butter cakes and dark chocolate was given so that we can taste the complementary flavors of the coffee. I learnt that Kenya Kamwangi complements butter and Guatemala Flor Del Rosario complements chocolate. Coffee lovers should head over to Starbucks Reserve to try these unique and rare coffee.

Texas Chicken is located on 4th floor of Sky Avenue. Texas Chicken is known for its delicious fried chicken and fries. The restaurant was very spacious with nice ambiance.

We had big juicy crispy chicken, fries topped with cheese and sour sauce, strawberry shortcake and ice lemon tea. There were many choices of drink and can be refilled for free.

Bar. B.Q. Plaza has been my family's favorite restaurant because my daughter loves to cook her own food. We had the Value Set which was good for 4 people. It is priced at RM 138.80. The food was delicious and we enjoyed cooking it.

Tokyo Secret let us try their new dessert - Syukurimu which was very crispy with almonds on the outside and creamy custard inside. I loved this dessert and want to have more.

The Eggette Lab is located at First World Plaza, level 2 opposite Snow World. It serves very delicious and crispy egglets with various flavors such as Golden Custard, Coffee Caramel, Green Tea, Chicken Floss, Charcoal Cheese and Tricolor. These are best eaten when hot because once its cold, it's not crispy anymore.

BMS Organics serve organic food without MSG, preservatives and harmful chemicals. Even though it serves vegetarian food, we loved it because the food tasted good.

Richdad was the last of the 23 restaurants we dined in. We wanted to try something different and ordered the Baby Lobster Butter Sauce which was priced at RM 30.00. The lobster tasted good and the butter rice was very tasty as well. We had Ribena Lychee drink to go with it.

That ends my family's 24-hours food trail at 23 restaurants / F&B outlets at Sky Avenue, Resorts World Genting. We were very happy to try out these food and went home with a full stomach. Thanks for having us there.